1865
County Louth

Voters' List

An Analysis of the Parliamentary Register of Voters for the
County of Louth with the Names of the Landlords and their Tenants on the
Register of Voters shewing the Candidate for whom they voted at the Election in
April 1865, Dublin 1865

The original list is divided
into Baronies:

Barony of
Ardee (pages 1 - 21) with 714 names

Barony of
Ferrard
(pages 22 - 39) with 628 names

Barony of Louth (pages 40 - 49) with 338 names

Barony of
Lower Dundalk
(50 - 59) with 336 names

Barony of

Upper Dundalk (pages 60 - 74) with 521 names

The page columns on the
original list are:

-

:
Initial of candidate for whom they voted ['K', 'M' (or 'O' - did not vote)]

Reg. No

:
Number on list within each Barony

Name

:
Name of Voter

Address

:
Address of Voter

Tenant of

:
If a tenant, the landlord's name

The book is in the National Library of Ireland, 2/3 Kildare Street,
Dublin 2, Ireland. Telephone: (01) 6030200. The Reference Number is:
P2491 (Pamphlet)

For the
purposes of this list I have not included the number of the name on the list, nor the
person for whom the elector voted, if he voted at all. For ease of use, I have
amalgamated the names within each barony into a single alphabetical list.

Please note that the names of some people who had more than one landlord appear
under the name of each landlord and are therefore repeated. This list is for the
constituency of Louth County and does not include Dundalk constituency nor the
County of the Town of Drogheda (see below).

The above list refers to a by-election that took place on 15 April 1865 for the constituency
of Louth County, following the appointment of Richard Montesqieu Bellew (one of
the incumbent MP's) as Poor Law Commissioner in Ireland. The total number of
electors was 2441.

The candidates were:

Tristram Kennedy,
Liberal, 1002 votes ('K')

John McClintock,
Conservative, 923 votes ('M')

There was a
general election a few months later in July 1865:

The total number of
electors for the constituency of Louth County was 2,441

The total number of
electors for Dundalk constituency was 287

The total number of
electors for the constituency of the County of the Town of Drogheda was 581

Each county constituency
returned two candidates to Parliament.

The candidates for Louth
County in the general election held on 24 July 1865 were:

Chichester Samuel
Fortescue, Liberal, 628 votes

Tristram Kennedy,
Liberal, 607 votes

Frederick John Foster,
Conservative, 8 votes

John McClintock,
Conservative, 6 votes

Dundalk returned Sir
George Boyer, Bt., Liberal, on 14 July 1865

The Candidates for
Drogheda in the election held on 17 July 1865 were: